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UNITED STATES PATENT. orrroa.

ERNEST CYRIL ADOLPH, GREEN LANE, AUCKLAND, NEW- ZEjALAND.

IBEDSTEAD-JOINT.

Application filed December 29, 1917. Serial No. 209,573;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST CYRIL Anonrn, a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at Green Lane, Auckland, 1n

' the Provinclal District of Auckland, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n. Bedstead-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to joints for securing the ends of rails to the head' and foot of a bedstead, and more partlcularlyeto that class of joint wherein a coachscrew has a head projecting from the end of a rail and adapted to be engaged by a bracket or plate secured to the head *or foot of the bedstead. V

This invention provides improvements 1n the said bracket or plate.

According hereto the bracket aflixed to the head or foot of a bedstead is made with a hole sufliciently large to admit freely the head of a coachscrew projecting from the end of a rail of the bedstead, and a slot opening into the bottom of the hole is sulficiently large to admit the stem of the coachscrew. Flanges are thus formed for retain ing the head. The back of the bracket is hollow to provide room for the head of the coachscrew.

The bracket has a flange at. the bottom projecting from its front face, whereon the therewith, so that when the rail is in position the bracket is entirely hidden;

The invention may be conveniently and advantageously .carried into practice as shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1, is an elevation of the invention,

(topics 0! thin patent may be obtainedmr partly in section V Fig. 2, is a rear elevation,

Fig. 8, aside elevation, and

Fig. 4:, a front elevation of the bracket.

The bracket 1 is fixed to the head 1 or foot of a bedstead and has'a hole 2 Sllfilclently large to admit the head 8 of a coachscrew tprojecting from the end of arail 5 of the bedstead. A slot 6 opening into the bottom of the hole 2 is sufliciently Wide to admit are thereby formed for retaining the head 3, the sald flanges belng sufl'iciently thin to al-f low free movementof the head in the hollow The flange 8 projects forwardly from the. r bottom 7 of the bracket, and forms a rest whereon the end of the rail 5 is supported, 7

of the bracket. 7

Specification of Letters Patent. petei t o t, 14,- 1 9 the stem of the coachscrew 4. Flanges 7 thereby relieving the coachscrew 4 of weight.

The web 9 extends across the angle formed by the flange 8 and the bracket 1, and engages a notch 10 provided in the end of the rail 5. The web and the flange prevent the rail 5 from turning around on the coachscrew.

Fig.1 shows the bracket aflixed to the face of the head 1* and Fig. 3 shows the bracket sunk in flush with the face of the saidhead. 7

What I do claim and'desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: The herein described joint comprising a the hole, a coachscrew havingits head projecting from the end of a railand adapted to enter the hole and its stem to enter the.

slot, a. flange projecting from the front of the bracket whereon the end of the rail is.

supported, and a web extending across the angle formed by the flange and bracket'to engage a notch in the rail, substantially as set forth. e

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses. r

' ERNEST CVYRILADOLPI-I, a

'Witnesses 3 D. A. McCoN G. H. SCOTT-SMITH? bracket consisting of a hollow plate having a hole and a slot opening into the bottom of.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 7 Washington, I). 0. 

